xii, 342 pages ; 21 cm

Translation of Die Atombombe und die Zukunft des Menschen

Phoenix books

The new fact -- Initial political thinking about the new fact -- The power of the ethical idea -- Sacrifice -- The military situation -- The end of colonialism -- Freedom and totalitarianism -- Russia, the West, and the question of neutrality -- The United Nations -- Total rule or atom bomb? -- Changing situation -- The scientists and the "new way of thinking" -- Reason -- The rational statesman -- Substitutes for reason -- Reason and irrationality in our historic-political knowledge of the world -- Reason and democracy -- Fear and confidence

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